picture of my mother and father and George Megariun and his wife use to work for us her name was Ceilia and the bottom picture was our store manager JAKE JACOBY and that is his wife Kitty...People love Jake he was a great guy and of course being Italian the family loved him...like family
January 2015
Robin Sent a few new pictures of former S & P Employees
(Please go the Gallery to view the photos)
Thanks Robin.
I hope everyone has a SUPER 2015 and hope to see you in May.
Pat
December 2014
The were no e-mail and nothing to reprot for December.
November 2014
Well, The Bootlegger Get Together was great! We had the biggest turn out yet.
Thanks to Bob Krohn (70-73), Mark Stawell (83-86), Randy Garcia (80-87), Paul Squires (76-79), Jim Causey (80-84),
Thad, Joe, Frank and Robert King.
The stories were great and so was the beer!
We had a sign-in sheet and badges. The badges were a hit!
Pat
Happy Thanksgiving!
October 2014
Well October is a rocken.
I recieved 3 e-mails. One from Lori Snyder former employee, Lori is helping spread the word about the next get together and suggested some great ideas like name badges and a flyer.
We also got an e-mail from Rose Martindill who is looking for Robert Sharp an employee who worked at S &P in the 80's. If you know where Rob is please e-mail the website and I will forward the info to Rose.
Lastly, Robin Sackeet sent the S and P story. Please see the S & P story link above.
If you wanted to know what happened to Rudy and Bob check it out.
I hope to see you at the get togeter next month and Happy Halloween.
Pat
Update: we got another e-mail see below:
From: Cindi Keil
Patrick,
Wow, it was so cool to find this site! I worked at S&P during high school- 1988-1989. I was Cindi Cox back then. Matt Taylor, Scott Brown, Brent Whitey, Frank P., Ed Keegan, Albert Aguirre, Rick, Carol, Harry the odd guy in paint, Robert King...gosh all of you. Oh, Bert in the nursery...Rick, Carol.
Would love to hear about the next happening :)
August 2014
On August 26th we had a small meeting. Robert King will be in town in November we would like to see some old faces.
Please try an attend the next get together in November and spread the word.
Pat
July 2014
Wow! June ended with an e-mail from Robin Sackett asking how she could help.
She sent some photos (Check the Gallery) and I asked her to write the history of Sackett and Peters.
She said she would love too! So check for a new page called:
the S & P Story (Coming Soon)
Written by Robin Sackett
Happy 4th of July!
Pat
June 2014
Well after a long drought we finally received 2 NEW e-mails
from former employees Kevin Calcagnie and Bob Krohn from the 70's
Please read the e-mails below and check out the photos from Kevin Calcagnie in the the Gallery.
Hi Pat,
Found your site and it brought back memories, even though you guys are clearly after my time.
I started as a courtesy clerk at Sackett & Peters when I was 16 back in 1971. $1.65 an hour. My first raise was a nickel an hour. I was taking home about 20 dollars a week working 9 to 6 Saturdays and 10 to 5 Sundays while in high school. Back then the LPG was a furniture store, and the main store had an automotive repair facility complete with service bays.
I served under the regimes of the revolving door of store managers at Sacketts throughout the 70’s, including Jake Jacoby, Marty Muffs, Rich Reynolds, Terry Sanford, Bernie Kilcoyne, Ray Labuda, Jim Cavanaugh, Paul Moore and Howard Eisenman. (Did I leave anybody out?)
Rudy, Bob and Ted were all there too. Great place to work while in high school and college. The hours were flexible, Rudy was one of the few employers that would let kids wear their hair long in the early 70’s, and there were always dozens of friendly cashiers working there.
I was eventually a nursery salesman and then a nursery manager, and ended my S&P career as supervisor in 1978.
I’m still in touch with Ed Pearson (74-81), Mark Varallo (77-79) and Robin Sackett, who gave me most of the photos I sent. The iphone photos are from a complete monthly S&P circular that I saved all these years for no apparent reason.
Kevin Calcagnie
E-mail from Bob Krohn
Ha-Ha! Just ran across this website.
I worked there from about 1971-1973
Knew Kevin Calcagnie. (but never knew how it was spelled)
Gosh it would be nice to compile a list of names. I’m getting a little dim but can remember a lot of the faces.
Sometimes I’ll put a name into Google just to see.
Was trying to look up Rob Sackett when I found this site.
Would love to see what people have done in the intervening years.
What is the REAL story is behind the “big heist”
Sackett’s was my High School experience and still am in contact with several ex-co-workers.
light bulb fights during Christmas,
fork lift races,
punching your timecard in but going back to the breakroom,
“Tarping” at closing,
Rob doing “store security”. (Once saw a friends Father arrested for shoplifting!)
Making blowguns in Lumber/Carpet&Tile,
Cashier’s mini-skirts,
All the totally makeshift storage areas we created. They must have paid off Whittier fire inspectors.
Etc, etc, etc.
The fun never ended.
Gee I wonder if the Box Crusher still lives somewhere??
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Always aim to be careful
And always be careful to aim
Davy Crockett
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March 2014
Nothing new to report. Happy St. Patrick's Day.
January 2014
I finally posted photos on the Robert Horne get together in the Photo Gallery.
December 2013
The prodigal son returned. Rob Horne was in Whittier for the winter holiday break.
November 2013
Nothing new to report. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!
Pat
October 2013
Posted October 19th
We recieved an e-mail from Joe Cooper asking about Robin Sackett. From the conversation I had with the old crew. Everyone has lost track of the Sacketts. I was able to find Robin Sacketts Facebook page through the Whittier Historical Society & Museum Facebook page. (See Links) She had posted 2 halfs of an old Sackett and Peters Ad (See the Photo Gallery). I do not facebook but, if you do, Robin has some old photos of the Sacketts on her facebooks page.
Posted October 9th
We met with Robert King at the Roadhouse. (Joe, Pat, Frank and his wife Lisa, Thad and a surprise Brent Withy)
Robert King is doing well, and again it was fun to share old stories about Sackett and Peters past and catching up with our lives.
When Robert King is back in town we will try to get back together.
NEW PHOTOS in the Gallery!
September 2013
We got two new e-mails. One from Mike Hernandez back in August and one from Robert King.
August 2013
Patrick, Willie, Joe, Thad, Frank, and families met at The Original Roadhouse Grill in Whittier on August 17th.
We had fun and the conversation was great.
There was talk about a boat cruise out of Long Beach in November. No firm plans yet. Please check back for more info.
Also, please see the Photo Gallery
Update: The November get together is NOT going to happen.
July 2013
Next Month we will be getting together again!!!